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MOTOR ROAD VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. 19| 7.

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MooR Rom VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. I9I1.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

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UNITED sTArEsPATENT. OFFICE.

OLIVER SON NORTiI-I, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO STRAKER-SQUIRE LIMITED, F LONDON, ENGLAND.

MOTOR ROAD-VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. v30, 1919.

Application filed September 24, 1917. Serial No. 192,946.

` usual constructions.

For this purpose thedrivers seat is placed close to theengine and his controlling pedals alongside of the engine. This departure from normal constructionnecessitates sundry subsidiary alterationsas will be understood by reference to"theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the front part ofthe chassis of a motor-lorry, Fig. 2 is a plan, the drivers seat and foot-boards having been removed, Figs. 3 to 5 are detail views; Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 7 is a detail view of one ofi/the removable bearings for the clutchpedal shaft.

The position of the drivers seat t close to the engine a and of his clutch pedal 7n, brake pedal Z and throttle pedal m alongside the engine, necessitates placing the dashboard c farther forward on the chassis than is customary and in order to preserve the normal distance of the dashboard from the driver, the former straddles the engine, having in it an opening;` of the same dimensions as the cross section of the bonnet e. The latter opens in the ordinary manner for af fordino: access to the engine and to permit of thisuterminates at the dashboard, the rear portion of the engine being inclosed Vby a separate cover f, forming an extension of the bonnet. The large dimensions of the opening in the dashboard permit of access to all parts of the engine when the bonnet is open.

Since' the driver sits over the right hand member of the frame o of the chassis, the steering gear box g is mounted at the front end of this member and the steering pillar is outside the bonnet. The link t and curved lever o are situated in front of the axle y' instead of rearward thereof.

This position of the driver also makes it preferable that the brake pedal lever Z and the hand brake lever r should be` mounted, as shown, outside the frame of the chassis.

The change speed gear box rt is placed as far forward as possible, that is to say,

there is yless space than usual between theA gear box and the clutch p. In order that, notwithstanding this limited space, there may be easy access to the clutchfor adjustment or repair, the gear box is mounted on an under-frame ZJ so as to slide thereon, and there is` a spigot and socket connection between the gear shaft .3 and the clutch. Lateral lugs 0 of the gear box rest on and are suitably guided upon rearwardly extending side members of the frame b (Fig. 6) When the clutch p is to be inspected, the foot board' s (Fig. l) is lifted out and the heel board 'zo raised to the position shown in dotted lines (Fig. l); the shaft Q of the clutch pedal lever is then removed together with the said lever. For this purpose the shaft g is mounted to turn in brackets fixed by bolts and nuts to uprights y springing from a transverse member e of the frame b; by removing the nuts the shaft g, brackets w and pedal lever 7c can be removed together. rIhe coupling l of the propeller shaft 2 (Fig. 2) is now disconnected, this end of shaft 2 is lowered and the gear box n is slid rearward into the position shown in Fig. 3, wherein the squared end of the gear shaft 3 is withdrawn from the socket of the clutch.

The underframe o also carries the engine a, and in order that it may have a certain play relative to frame a it is supported on the latter at three points, namely at each end of the transverse member e and at the middle of a second transverse member 4:.

I-Iaving thus described the nature of the said invention and the best means I know of carrying the saine into practical eifect, I claim 1. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a chassis, an engine at the front end thereof, controlling pedals situated alongside the engine, a drivers seat so placed that the driver sits in position for operating .the said pedals, a dashboard straddling the engine, an opening in the said dashboard of the saine dimensions as the cross section of the bonnet and a bonnet made in two parts, one in front of the dashboard and the other behind it.

2. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a chassis frame, an engine at the front end thereof, controlling pedals alongside the engine, a bonnet, a drivers seat over the right hand member of the said frame, a steering gear box at the front end of the said member outside the bonnet and a rearwardly eX tending` link and lever for transmitting the steering movement.

3. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a chassis frame, an engine at the front end thereof, controlling pedals alongside the engine, a bonnet, a drivers seat over the right hand member of the said frame, a steeringgear box at the front end of the said inemA ber outside the bonnet, a rearwardly extending link and lever for transmitting the steer ing movement, a clutch, a change speed gear box mounted close to the said clutch adapted to slide rearwardly away therefrom in order to give access to the clutch, a spigot and socket connection between the shaft of the said change speed gear and the said clutch.

4. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a chassis frame, an under frame supported on the chassis frame at three points, an engine mounted on the under frame, Controlling pedals situated alongside the engine, a drivers seat so placed that the driver sits a chassis frame, an under frame supported e on the chassis frame at three points, an en.

gine mounted on the under frame, a clutch, a change speed gear mounted close to said clutch adapted to slide rearwardly therefrom in order to obtain access to said clutch, pedal operating said Clutch, a transversely disposed member of said under frame, and a shaft turned by said pedal mounted to turn in brackets removablyseoured to said transversely disposed member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLIVER DANSON NORTH.

Witnesses:

C. S. HOPKINS, W. J. SKERTEN. 

